settings for exterior scenes

[d7man2000]

what settings do you apply to exterior scenes?

[Thablanch]

Usually, one light for sun, and HDR map in Environment as light emmiter and reflection... Does it most of the time

[erevan]

Same as Thablanch. But still waiting for HDRIs that project reliable shadows. In an old thread someone mentioned the improving to be done in VRay new versions.

[jtiscareno]

For a basic setup get a sunlight or a direct light (have never liked the daylight system) uncheck the defauly light in the global switches, and turn on the GI Enviroment (pick any color or map for your skylight) and you are preatty much ready.

 

You might want to follow this two tutorials by the osmosis group, really good!

 

www.osmosis.com.au (go to the tutorial section)

 

good luck

[gnuhong]

Usually, one light for sun, and HDR map in Environment as light emmiter and reflection... Does it most of the time

 

dont you feel hdri change the color of our scene too much? i feel that hdri environment cast too strong color.

[Christopher Nichols]

dont you feel hdri change the color of our scene too much? i feel that hdri environment cast too strong color.

 

Not if you work in the correct colorspace

[kippu]

Not if you work in the correct colorspace

 

and by that you mean use gamma correction / exponential?

[Christopher Nichols]

Yes sirre....

 

http://www.chaosgroup.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10854

 

Basically your viewport is set with a low gamma and needs to be corrected. Low gamma means your images is not only darker, but also more saturated. When you gamma up the viewport, not only do you brighten your blacks, but you also desaturate them slightly.

[kippu]

oh boy if i got a dollar for everytime i read those forum pages i be a very rich man indeed..anyway i havenot tried that way for exteriors till now